Brandon Barker

Brandon Barker
Personal information
Full name Brandon Lee Barker
Date of birth (1996-10-04) 4 October 1996
Place of birth Manchester, England
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 62
Youth career
2014–2015 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2015– Manchester City 1 (0)
2015 → Rotherham United (loan) 4 (1)
National team
2013–2014 England U18 4 (0)
2014 England U19 5 (3)
2015– England U20 6 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2016 (UTC).

† Appearances (goals)

Brandon Barker (born 4 October 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays for Manchester City, as a winger.[1][2][3][4]

Club career

Brandon Barker joined Manchester City at the age of eight. He was the winner of the Academy Players’ Player of the Year award in the 2013–14 season and signed his first professional contract with Manchester City in July 2014.[5] In the opening months of the 2015–16 season he appeared on the first team bench for a number of times but did not manage to make an appearance.[6][7]

On 6 November 2015, Barker signed for Rotherham United of the Championship on a loan with an initial length of two months.[8] The next day he made his professional debut playing 90 minutes and scoring in a 2–5 loss to Ipswich.[9] He made his first-team debut for City on 21 February 2016, coming on as a substitute for Bersant Celina in a 5–1 defeat against Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup.[10]

International career

Barker made his international debut for England U18 in October 2013 and has since gone on to play for his country at U19 and U20 levels.

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